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Handbooks
Utopian Drama
In Search of a Genre
Siân Adiseshiah, Loughborough University, UK Utopian Drama considers utopian plays alongside the utopian prose tradition and provides fresh analyses of the generic features of utopian drama. It asks, in what dramatic genres does utopia develop? Is it productive to construct a new genre of utopian drama?
UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 232 pages HB 9781474295796 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781474295802 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781474295819 • £76.50 / $105.78 Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers
Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 1
Edited by Mark Edward, Edge Hill University, UK & Stephen Farrier, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK An anthology of critical engagements with contemporary drag performance from the UK, USA, France, Germany and Australia. Chapters range across discussions of drag kings in the US, UK, Japan and their representation on film; drag and activism; the influence of RuPaul; trans-feminist critiques of drag; ‘bio’/faux queens; engagements with race and ethnicity through drag performance; drag pedagogy; drag intersections with animal personas, and how drag performance relates to personal narratives of history and identity.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 248 pages • 15 bw illus PB 9781350319196 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350082946 ePub 9781350082953 • £26.09 / $37.08 ePdf 9781350082960 • £26.09 / $37.08 Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Edited by Daphne P. Lei, University of California, Irvine, USA & Charlotte McIvor, National University of Ireland, Galway This handbook provides a clear guide to the evolving field of performance and interculturalism. It explores ground-breaking new directions and critical discourse in the field of intercultural theatre, while surveying key debates concerning interculturalism as an aesthetic and ethical series of encounters from the 1960s onwards. The handbook’s global coverage challenges understandings of intercultural performance which continue to prioritise case studies emerging primarily from the West and executed by elite artists. Featuring a series of research tools, this is the essential scholarly handbook to the field.
UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 280 pages • 3 bw illus PB 9781350336223 • £34.99 / $47.95 Previously published in HB 9781350040472 ePub 9781350040465 • £126.00 / $174.48 ePdf 9781350040489 • £126.00 / $174.48 Series: Methuen Drama Handbooks • Methuen Drama Edited by Jeanette R. Malkin, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel, Eckart Voigts, TU Braunschweig, Germany & Sarah Jane Ablett, TU Braunschweig, Germany The first of its kind, this companion to British-Jewish theatre brings a neglected dimension in the work of many prominent British theatre-makers to the fore. Its structure reflects the historical development of British-Jewish theatre from the 1950s onwards, also covering the new generation of BritishJewish playwrights. Including interviews with contemporary theatre practitioners, including Ryan Craig, Patrick Marber, John Nathan, Julia Pascal, Nina Raine and Nicholas Hytner, this book analyses the ways in which these British-Jewish dramatists and directors have influenced and co-created contemporary British theatre.
UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 240 pages PB 9781350211957 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350135963 ePub 9781350135987 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350135970 • £76.50 / $105.78 Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Methuen Drama Handbooks
The Methuen Drama Companion to Performance Art
Edited by Bertie Ferdman, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA & Jovana Stokic, New York University, USA, and School of Visual Arts, New York, USA A comprehensive guide to the issues and interdisciplinary debates concerning performance in art contexts. Following the increasing institutionalization and mainstreaming of performance, this book identifies a change in the economies and practices surrounding performance art, and explores how this reflects capitalist approaches to art and event production. Bringing together essays by leading scholars from disciplines including art history, visual and performance studies, dance, and theatre scholarship, it provides a comprehensive and multifocal overview of research trends and methodologies in performance art.
UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 320 pages • 34 bw illus PB 9781350336162 • £34.99 / $47.95 Previously published in HB 9781350057579 ePub 9781350057586 • £126.00 / $174.48 ePdf 9781350057593 • £126.00 / $174.48 Series: Methuen Drama Handbooks • Methuen Drama
Edited by Claire Cochrane, University of Worcester, UK & Jo Robinson, Newcastle University, UK Covering the key themes and methods in theatre history research, this definitive guide expands the object of study to include engagement with theatre and performance practices around the world. The chapters draw on academic contexts beyond the Western academy to encompass the new directions the field is taking. Featuring a series of research tools, including a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography.
UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 392 pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350336216 • £34.99 / $47.95 Previously published in HB 9781350034297 ePub 9781350034303 • £126.00 / $174.48 ePdf 9781350034310 • £126.00 / $174.48 Series: Methuen Drama Handbooks • Methuen Drama
